Archive for September, 2006

Causes of the Bolshevik Revolution: Interactive Diamond Nine Template

Sunday, September 17th, 2006

An interactive exercise designed to get students thinking about the respective importance of a wide variety of factors behind the Bolshevik Revolution of October 1917.

Flash Template: The Consequences of World War One

Friday, September 15th, 2006

An interactive Flash Template designed to help students break down this key question in an engaging manner.

Living Graph: The Life of Henry VIII

Wednesday, September 13th, 2006

A “Living Graph” exercise based at www.classtools.net, designed in Flash for Year 8 students.

William the Conqueror: Interactive Timeline

Monday, September 11th, 2006

As part of a new project, www.classtools.net, I created an interactive timeline of the life of William the Conqueror.

IB History revision

Friday, September 8th, 2006

I have added 3 student overview / IB History Revision guides to the site at www.ibhistory.net:
1. World War One
2. Tsarist and Revolutionary Russia
3. Stalin’s USSR

Google Earth in the History Classroom: New Additions

Tuesday, September 5th, 2006

The Google Earth page of this site (www.activehistory.co.uk/google-earth) has now been developed to include 3 new case studies to accompany the Year 8 example (Francis Drake’s Circumnavigation):
Year 9: Biased interpretations of the Middle East Conflict
GCSE: Causes of World War Two
A-Level / IB History: Russia on the Eve of World War One